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Subject:
I. Introduction
Usually, companies can "design around" a known patent. With submarine patents, there is no public disclosure to design around until it is too late. IV. Legal Responses and Modern Reforms
By filing a series of "continuing applications," the inventor keeps the patent "alive" and unissued in the patent office for decades.
A submarine patent is a patent application kept intentionally pending for an extended period by filing broad claims and continuous amendments.
